Captioned: 'Potato planting at Karere. O. Monrad, C. Cartwright, S. Ronberg, P. Dalgaard.'
The Monrad farm at Karere was established by Bishop Ditlev Monrad, former Premier of Denmark. He lived there with his family 1866-1869. The farm was contin...
Place: Longburn
Date: 1896
Letter written by Olga Monrad (nee Berg) wife of Ditlev Monrad.
Written in Danish on the back of a set of photographs, the letter describes life on the farm at Karere between c.1860s and 1870s.
Reproduced here are the photographs, the handwrittin...
Place: Karere, Longburn
Date: 1860 to 1880
Captioned 'From Maria Monrad to Ditlev, July 1896 - Pine tree planted at Karere farm 1866 by Bishop Monrad's wife.'
The Monrad farm at Karere was established by Bishop Ditlev Monrad, former Premier of Denmark. He lived there with his family 1866-...
Place: Longburn
Date: 1896
Diary written by Olga Monrad (nee Berg) wife of Ditlev Monrad.
Written in Danish, the diary talks about everyday life on the farm at Karere between 1869 and 1871.
A translation to English by Bodil Petersen can be read from file _019.
Ditlev Goth...
Date: 1869 to 1871
This house is thought to be connected to either the Voss or McEwen families of Karere.
This image is derived from a copy negative, made from a photograph loaned by Michael Fitzsimons of Karere in 1970. The original photograph is not held by the I...
Date: circa 1910
From left: Maren holding Ellen, Botilla, Magdelene, Marie Voss, Emma, Marx.
Effie Jane McEwen (1885-1965), daughter of Andrew McEwen, married Holgar Voss (1886-1959), son of Danish immigrants Marx and Maren Voss, who settled in Karere in 1874.
Th...
Date: circa 1885
The McEwen farmhouse was built in 1893 and destroyed by fire in the 1960s. It was the home of David McEwen (1818-1905), settler of Karere, from 1893 to 1905. It was built on the site of the first Post Office in Palmerston North, 1869-1871.
This im...
Date: 1940s
John McEwen (1852-1929) was the twin son of David and Mary McEwen. His twin brother, James, was accidentally killed in childhood. Born in the Hutt Valley, his family moved to Karere in 1868. He married Anne Sanson (1865-1939), daughter of William ...
Date: 1920s
Caroline Hanlon (1847-1946) was born in Warickshire, England. She married Thomas Neish McEwen (1852-1926) and they raised four children in Karere.
This image is derived from a copy negative, made from a photograph loaned by Michael Fitzsimons of K...
Creator: Shailer
Date: 1880s
Thomas McEwen (1847-1926) was the fifth son of David and Mary McEwen. He married Caroline Hanlon (1852-1946) and raised four children in Karere, living there until his death.
This image is derived from a copy negative, made from a photograph loane...
Date: 1880s
David McEwen (1818-1905) and his adopted daughter Mary. David McEwen was born in Scotland and came to New Zealand in 1839 with his wife Mary (née Neish), son Andrew, parents, sister and brother-in-law. His occupation was then listed as flaxdresser...
Date: circa 1900
This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 2 May, 1959. "Mr Noel Palmer, of Hastings and helper prepare midday meal for duck shooters who meet annually on Mr. S Calleson's property at Karere."" Another photo associated...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Karere
Date: 1959-05-02T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 2 May, 1959. "No camp would be complete without a cook and Mr Noel Palmer, of Hastings, is the recognised ""chef"" for the party of seven duck shooters who meet annually...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Karere
Date: 1959-05-02T00:00:00+00:00
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 2 May, 1959. "There was good cause for the smiles lighting the faces of the seven shooters on Mr S. Calleson's property at Karere this morning. By 10.30 o'clock practica...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Karere
Date: 1959-05-02T00:00:00+00:00